day 2

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear Nicholas,
Happy birthday to you.

Yes it was Nick's Big 50!

We went down to the breakfast buffet where surprisingly we all found lots to eat. Nick opened his cards and had the obligatory Photo taken.

Nick's birthday breakfast

Then it was off to the airport in the shuttle bus. It took three people to help load the cases and we were still within our limit!
At the airport we loaded the cases onto trolleys and wheeled them through the airport. We checked in at the first class desk BECAUSE OF ABBIES WHEELCHAIR and they bought it. Again the obligatory photo and while we were lining up Abbie is sure she saw Sienna Miller and evidently we missed Cameron Diaz by one day.

First class check in

First class check in (2)

Then it was off to the airport lounge - first class of course and drinks and food and lots of ice for Abbies knee.

Our Plane

Then it was onto the plane, and champagne.

The family in First Class

More icebergs off Greenland coast

Abbie relaxing

Dining was an experience. I had a "guest" as the steward told me. I was getting excited then along came Tam!

Tam in her corner seat.

Seriously though, dining table for two, table cloth, proper cutlery and glasses.The meals were personally made, adjusted to our needs which was great.

dining first class

Our jetsetters!

You should have seen Abbie's face when she was given two giant slabs of orange cake! For a while I didn't think we'd get Tam off the plane!

Through immigration and customs then to the hotel.

At the hotel in Phoenix

Phoenix was experiencing its rainy season so with temperatures on landing of 105F it wasn't long before there was a huge thunderstorm with sheet and yellow fork lightning. What does yellow lightning mean? The girls and Nick went for a quick swimm before the storm got too close. Then it was down to dinner. Disaster! We were jet lagged and hungry - food took a lifetime to get to us, then mine was wrong and Tam's juice was off! So we gave up and went to bed. So much for a nice meal to celebrate Nick's birthday - at least we dined in style on the plane.

Heathrow, United Kingdom